Paloma Picasso
Mon Parfum
Paloma Picasso 1984 Eau de Parfum

Paloma Picasso / Mon Parfum (Eau de Parfum) by Paloma Picasso

Bottle Design:
Paloma Picasso, Bernard Kotyuk, Verrières Brosse

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7.9 / 10 450 Ratings

A popular perfume by Paloma Picasso for women, released in 1984. The scent is chypreartig-spicy. Projection and longevity are above-average. It is still in production.

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Main accords

Chypre

Spicy

Floral

Woody

Animal

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Angelica

Carnation

Coriander

Bergamot

Rose

Lemon

Neroli

Heart Notes

Patchouli

Hyacinth

Jasmine

Mimosa

Ylang-ylang

Base Notes

Oakmoss

Woods

Amber

Honey

Sandalwood Vetiver

Vetiver

Perfumers

Francis Bocris, Créations Aromatiques

Ratings

Scent

7.9450 Ratings

Longevity

8.6352 Ratings

Sillage

8.2339 Ratings

Bottle

7.7344 Ratings

Value for money

8.5102 Ratings

Submitted by DeGe53, last update on 08/02/2025.

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Reviews

20 in-depth fragrance descriptions

03/24/2025

9
Pricing 10
Bottle 8
Sillage 9
Longevity 10
Scent

BigGromus
11 Reviews

BigGromus

Top Review 24

Paloma Picasso / Mon Parfum

Oh, wow - this is really interesting! There's a specific kind of 70's chypres that are extremely green and quite masculine by today's standards, though they are officially women's perfumes. I'm talking Chanel Cristal and No 19, Eau de Campagne, up to macho leathery green monsters like Jai Ose. Paloma feels like it belongs in that genre, but it's also quite a bit more floral than I'm used to from this style.

So what does it smell like? On first spray, I get a blast of green galbanum supported by vetiver, with aldehydes on top and a macho leathery blast underneath. Given a few minutes to settle, a powdery lily/muguet note comes in. The lily mixing with aldehydes gives the illusion of hyacinth or lilac, while the vetiver and resins melt together with a bit of civet to create a powerhouse-esque undercarriage.

The base is a strong green chypre, heavy on the galbanum and vetiver, as I would have expected from the topnotes.

I always enjoy a well-executed juxtaposition of feminine and masculine elements, and this is especially fun in the way it crams together an extremely feminine powdery loud 80's floral and a very masculine filthy powerhouse. In the end, I think the feminine side overpowers the masculine, but not enough to make this anything close to a standard floral. Thumbs up!

06/12/2023

Stacia
134 Reviews

Stacia

Very helpful Review 6

This perfume got me in trouble

One of the perfumes I've owned that took on a larger than life personality. I recently emptied my bottle but I'm sure I will buy another at some point. It's so unique that my wardrobe would be incomplete without Paloma. A couple years ago I was working for a terrible boss with terrible people at a terrible place. My boss was a bitter jealous woman, a sorority girl with no sorority type. She knew that perfume was my hobby and could never stand seeing me happy. I wore something different every day and was careful to wear the smallest drops of the really potent ones. It wasn't small enough apparently because the day I wore a drop of Paloma behind each ear, she wrote me up for it. Flash forward in time, I am working at a different job, much better people, and I am so much happier. One of the head managers LOVES smelling a tiny waft of Paloma on the air. She tells me how nice it is to walk into my space and have that uplifting scent greet her. I feel a smug satisfaction when I compare this to the old boss. I will wear Paloma again in the future, it is such an animalistic, spicy rose and oakmoss potion that nothing else can really take its place. Paloma is it's own boss.

07/24/2012

jtd
484 Reviews

jtd

Helpful Review 5

cigarette-hoarse floral chypre

Jasmine + Rose Chypre = Paloma
Jasmine + Fougère = Troisième Homme

Has anybody ever found the two similar? In each case, they match a similar, greenish, not terribly indolic jasmine to a blunt accord that cries out for some lightness in an otherwise dank mix . In 3me Homme’s case, the green jasmine cleaves to a green lavender. In Paloma, the jasmine makes the green connection between the bergamot and the moss. In both the chypre and the fougère the accord is fundamentally stark and the jasmine fits into the opening spaces. Both the chypre and fougère formulas are fairly easy to recognize once you’ve smelled a few of each. Adding a similar jasmine to each of these historic genres make 3me Homme and Paloma seem like siblings.

02/21/2022

Anamandy
106 Reviews

Anamandy

Helpful Review 5

Seductive Rose Chypre

I have a vintage bottle that I've had for several years. I pulled it out the other day and was greeted with a dizzying array of lush indolic florals, mossy greens, bitter herbs, aromatic spices, animalic notes, and deep in the heart of the fragrance the most gorgeous, sexy rose of any rose I've ever smelled in a perfume. Wow! The cold weather really enhances the notes in this perfume and makes them just sing. Fortunately, my now more experienced nose is not finding the castoreum as offensive as I once did, though this is far from a clean fresh fragrance, so lovers of that be aware.

I really need to wear this more. A perfume with a rose this good should never be relegated to a cabinet only to be worn every once in a blue moon. I now want to seek out the parfum. If the reviews I've read on that are any indication, I'm sure to be in for quite a treat.

02/16/2012

7.5
Sillage 7.5
Longevity 7
Scent

Missk
1357 Reviews

Missk

Very helpful Review 3

Heady oriental classic

I think it may have been the bottle design that had me running in the opposite direction for many years due to its very 80's style. Now that I'm older I've found some great respect for those classic 80's fragrances, so as would be expected, Paloma Picasso was on my list of scents to try.

If you like heavy fragrances like Dior's Poison, CK's Obsession or Jean Patou's Joy, this could quite possibly be in your collection already.

Paloma Picasso is one of those rich, heady, potent florals. Although dated, this fragrance has sex appeal. In a way it's a power scent, something that one can spritz on and instantly feel in control and defined.

I'll agree that this is not a fragrance for young girls or the light of heart, Paloma Picasso suits a woman with guts. The dryness, an element from its chypre quality, makes this fragrance all the more likable and all the more mature.

This fragrance is a sillage monster, there is no doubt about it. It screams, "I'm here, I'm proud, I'm wild and I'm a real woman."

Paloma Picasso is a scent that piques your curiousity. I am still discovering this fragrance with its many layers and complexities. If this re-formulated version is supposed to be less complex than the original, I can only dream of how wonderful the pre-formulated Paloma Picasso must have been.

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